Hans,
You misattribute the direction of your post. Klaus made statements
regarding what could and could not be sent through registered mail. I only
pointed out where the two German consulates in California happen to be.
Mike
- Original Message -
From: "Hans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'The Horn List'"
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 12:26 AM
Subject: RE: [Hornlist] OT: currency exchange of old currency
Mike, you mix up two things. The registered letters are not
scanned for their contents, they are scanned for their
registration number to track the letter.
Yes, it is prohibited to send cash, but who cares about
that, if the amount is quite small. I would also not send
grater amount, like for an instrument. And, dear colleague,
does it count paying - say - 30 USD fee for a international
bank transfer of several thousand USD nor would any business
partner complain paying a 30 EUR cashing fee for a check
over several thousand USD. Do you think, colleagues
returning from concert tours with their orchestra have left
a pocket full of foreign bills ? One from here & one from
there, that´s it. But I wonder, why trying to change now, as
it is nearly 4 years after the change to the EUR.
I will explore, if there is a Bundesbank branch in the USA.
They also might know about the other countries federal
banks. Bob, you might also ask your US Fed Bk, if they do
cash these bills, so you could send them through your bank.
And, Mike, in contrary to your country, we do not have a
Patriot Act. Goverment officials or Post officials are not
allowed to open ANY letter. Custom officials might open a
parcel but not a letter. And scanning letters by x-ray is
also against the law.
Different countries, different customs & different law.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Mike Felts
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:35 AM
To: The Horn List
Subject: Re: [Hornlist] OT: currency exchange of old
currency
It appears that there are two in California, one in San
Francisco and one in LA.
http://www.germany-info.org/relaunch/info/missions/consulate
s.html
> Hello Hans and Bob
>
> I have done quite a number of private instrument imports
from Germany.
When I investigated the
> cheapest way to transfer my payments, I learned that all
incomming
registered mail to Germany is
> scanned. It is by German law prohibited to send cash of
any sorts into
German via registered mail.
> If any cash is found by the scanning, it will be
confiscated by the
> German
state. And the money
> cannot be retrieved no matter where or how often you sue
the German state.
>
> I would guess, that there are one or maybe even two German
consulates
> in
California. I would go
> and ask such a place for help.
>
> Klaus
>
> --- Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hello Bob,
> >
> > I can answer for Germany only. Here these bills (DM) can
be
> > exchanged at the BUNDESBANK only. We have a branch here
in Munich.
> > If the bills in your hand are so much, that it is worth
to change
> > them (without much charges), give it to a friend who
will travel to
> > Munich. I could do the exchange for you & credit you via
PayPal
> > (transfer it to your PayPal account). You would lose
less than 4%
> > commission on PayPal.
> > Or, if it is not much, send it to me inside a registered
letter & I
> > will do all for you, even it would take a few days, as I
would do
> > it, when the Bundesbank would be on my way downtown.
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> > Hans
> >
> > PS: Will give the a call about other currencies, but you
should tell
> > me from which country.
> >
> > ===
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of
> > Robert Ward
> > Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 9:33 PM
> > To: Horn Mailing List - old; Horn Mailing List New
> > Subject: [Hornlist] OT: currency exchange of old
currency
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Please excuse the off-topic post, but I haven't been
able to find
> > definitive info on this:
> >
> > Is it possible to still exchange old, pre-Euro currency
in Europe?
> > And if so, how is it done? I have a bunch of left over
bills from
> > prior SFSO tours, and was wondering if they are still
worth
> > anything.
> >
> > Replies off-list, please.
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> > B
> > ___
> > post: horn@music.memphi
